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Making their way back to the island, Tanner and a handful of Rangers are now forced to flee to the mountainous interior where only one man seems able to help them - Alopex. To make matters worse, the Germans are determined on vengeance, and Tanner soon finds himself face-to-face with more than one enemy eager to settle the score.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264070402342,"sku":"HXPDZIYQ","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/339e5d35-6a6a-4855-957c-2e8db16316ad.jpg?v=1701091867"},{"product_id":"the-odin-mission","title":"The Odin Mission","description":"\u003cp\u003eApril 1940. Nazi Germany has invaded neutral Norway. 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The odds of this ragtag group of soldiers and civilians making it to safety are stacked against them.Trekking through snow-clad mountains with the Germans dogging their every move, Tanner is forced to try and out-fox and out-fight not only their pursuers but the best efforts of his own side. And as the Allies resistance collapses, it quickly becomes clear that the small band of fugitives can rely on no-one but themselves. Yet Tanner knows he has to succeed. For, as he discovers, Sandvold holds the key to a vital secret - one that could change the outcome of the entire war...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264070697254,"sku":"HYRYOHVHs","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/50d0e213-94bc-4409-9baa-8e2950dabfe8.jpg?v=1701091875"},{"product_id":"hellfire","title":"Hellfire","description":"\u003cp\u003eAugust, 1942.North Africa. The desert war hangs in the balance. Although their retreat has finally been halted, morale in the British Army is at rock bottom. When the commander of the Eighth Army, General Gott, is killed, it seems that foul play is at work. An impenetrable Axis spy circuit could be compromising any hope the Allies have of stemming the Nazi tide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJack Tanner, recovering from wounds in a Cairo hospital, is astonished to receive a battlefield commission which will propel him into a very different world when he returns to action. Fit once more, he finds himself facing the full onslaught of Rommel's latest offensive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn its aftermath, Tanner and his trusty sidekick Sykes are recruited to work behind the Axis lines in a desperate attempt to take the fight to the Nazis. 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Filled with insight and detail'\u003c\/strong\u003e Neil Oliver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'James Holland is the best of the new generation of WW2 historians' \u003c\/strong\u003eSebastian Faulks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e_____________________\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrothers in Arms\u003c\/em\u003e comes the story of the most pivotal Allies campaign of World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the invasion of France the following year taking shape, and hot on the heels of victory in Sicily, the Allies crossed into Southern Italy in September 1943. They expected to drive the Axis forces north and be in Rome by Christmas. And although Italy surrendered, the German forces resisted fiercely and the swift hoped-for victory descended into one of the most brutal battles of the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven though shipping and materiel were already being safeguarded for the D-Day landings, there were still huge expectations on the progress of the invading armies, but those shortages were to slow the advance with tragic consequences. As the weather closed in, the critical months leading up to Monte Cassino would inflict a heavy price for every bloody, hard fought mile the Allied troops covered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChronicling those dark, dramatic months in unflinching and insightful detail, \u003cem\u003eThe Savage Storm\u003c\/em\u003e is unlike any campaign history yet written. James Holland has always recounted the Second World War at ground level, but this version telling brings the story vividly to life like never before. Weaving together a wealth of letters, diaries, and other incredible documents, Holland traces the battles as they were fought - across plains, over mountains, through shattered villages and cities, in intense heat and, towards the end, frigid cold and relentless rain - putting readers at the heart of the action to create an entirely fresh and revealing telling of this most pivotal phase of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264415645990,"sku":"the-savage-storm","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/dbefb477-e380-44c9-a94a-5cbd02a65b9d.jpg?v=1701097043"},{"product_id":"cassino-44","title":"Cassino '44","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'James Holland is the best of the new generation of WW2 historians'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Sebastian Faulks\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Reinforces Holland's reputation as the busiest and most popular military history of the Second World War'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSpectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e___________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are no such thing as an easy victory in war but after triumph in Tunisia, the sweeping success of the Sicilian invasion, and with the Italian surrender, the Allies were confident that they would be in Rome before Christmas 1943.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd yet it didn't happen. Hitler ordered his forces to dig in and fight for every yard, thus setting the stage for one of the grimmest and most attritional campaigns of the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy the start of 1944, the Allies found themselves coming up against the Gustav Line: a formidable barrier of wire, minefields, bunkers and booby traps, woven into a giant chain of mountains and river valleys that stretched the width of Italy where at its strongest point perched the Abbey of Monte Cassino.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt would take five long bitter winter months and the onset of summer before the Allies could finally bludgeon their way north and capture Rome. 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